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Sanskrit vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Halo   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
maaf   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Not present   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Not present   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
sanskrit   
indonésien   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
ind   

ISO 639 3
san   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Sanskrit and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Indonesian language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sanskrit and Indonesian Language History.

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Sanskrit and Indonesian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sanskrit and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Indonesian language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sanskrit and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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